Raspberry Pi with Kindle Fire Hd (7")

How would you connect a Kindle Fire HD to a Raspberry Pi?If you give me just a link that would be OK, but a in-depth explanation would be nice.The kindle has a HDMI "out" port, I think that's what it's called.

Can you root it ?Then you should be able to use VNC or anyremote desktop protocol you want through Android Apps.

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As it must not have been obvious, the Kindle also has a fully capable charger which ends with a USB and can transfer all types of files. I can rip music and photos to it very easily (same type of cable an iPhone has, but a bit more lenient about file transfer)

It seems to me like first off that you would plug the Kindle directly to the raspberry pi and then download software of some sort I have no idea as I've never used Linux or Windows before. I have a Mac Mini (very good desktop, mind you) but just got the Kindle Fire for the holidays.

On the topic of rooting: I can't because all software and tutorials I have found require either Windows or a older version of whatever Android OS the Kindle runs.

If the Kindle Fire works the same way as the earlier Kindles do, it will appear to the Pi as a standard USB memory stick and files can be copied to and from it with no problem. I have done this with a Debian Linux system and my wife's Kindle.

If you are unable to install non-Amazon-sanctioned Appsyou're out of luck IMHO. In the meantime you could search forVNC or X Server Apps on the Store of the Kindle.

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When plugging my Kindle into my mac through USB, it opens AndroFileTransfer, what I use to rip my files to and from my Kindle. Would it be possible to download apps you were talking about off the Internet, don't run them on my Mac, then rip them immediately to my Kindle?

Nope. Search around , it is mentioned every 6 hours here. So , did you have a closer look at VNC Apps ?

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Splashtop IS a VNC app, much better than others, I just didn't realize that's what you meant.It uses a streamer on the computer and a app on the tablet/phone to connect the phone as a screen, keyboard, and mouse (touchpad)

So does this really use RFB/VNC or a kind of "advanced Splashtop streaming technology" (not a real quote) .I'm talking about VNC as the protocol , not the technique.

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Then you have to use VNC , or (pretty ) unlikely to work :X11 forwarding.The Pi doesn't support anything else.

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I got a non-HD Kindle Fire for Christmas. The Amazon app store has VNC in it, and I was able to use it to connect briefly with a laptop running Linux with normal VNC on it using my wifi router. I haven't taken much time to look in detail at present.

I suspect it will work on Raspberry Pi if you have it connected to the network. Note, the non-HD Kindle cannot handle peer to peer Wifi networks (i.e. if you put a wifi dongle on your Pi and assign IP addresses manually), but if you have an infrastructure setup (either with a wifi router, or done with the appropriate commands in Linux), it should work.

If you are just doing text work, there were SSH clients as well as VNC.

Michael Meissner wrote:I got a non-HD Kindle Fire for Christmas. The Amazon app store has VNC in it, and I was able to use it to connect briefly with a laptop running Linux with normal VNC on it using my wifi router. I haven't taken much time to look in detail at present.

I suspect it will work on Raspberry Pi if you have it connected to the network. Note, the non-HD Kindle cannot handle peer to peer Wifi networks (i.e. if you put a wifi dongle on your Pi and assign IP addresses manually), but if you have an infrastructure setup (either with a wifi router, or done with the appropriate commands in Linux), it should work.

If you are just doing text work, there were SSH clients as well as VNC.

I got my eldest one of those for Xmas - he loves it, and I got £30 off in the Amazon promotion. Didn't realise you could VNC/SSH - might have to get one myself now...

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